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after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th to w. . this is you know if you news live from berlin turkey wraps up its wraps up its offensive in northern syria claiming to his capture to keep order shout. as turkish troops intensify their bones apartment of kurdish militia the e.u. and washington call for an end to the offensive just toll is rising and thousands of civilians in syria are fleeing in
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a desperate attempt to find safety. japan's capital tokyo cleans up after rain and winds from typhoon tigris lush the city and move north more than 6000000 people have been advised to leave the area forecasters say this typhoon could be the worst team 6 decades. and the athlete ele to choke it has become the 1st person ever to run a marathon in 202 hours the post at a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds to stand as an official world record because of how she ran the race. nick spicer thanks for joining us. turkish backed forces say they've taken control of. a key border town in northeastern syria it would be the biggest gain since
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president redshift type air to ones offensive into the region began on wednesday he and us have criticized the offensive and called for it to stop immediately washington and paris are threatening to impose sanctions on ankara in northern syria the assault has forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region and seek safety. bread at last this bakery is one of very few shops still open in commission lee for 2 days now mahmoud has been trying to buy groceries for his family but most shops are shut he's relieved to have finally found one that's open. my relatives visiting from wrestling and this is all the food i've got to offer that all of the shops are closed i don't know why. that. fear has turned commish lee into a ghost town turkish grenades continue to hit the city and the sound of gunfire can be heard in the distance around 3 pm a car bomb detonated in front of
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a popular restaurant killing at least 3 people it's believed that islam this were behind the attack an attempt to intimidate the locals. into the ground as did the restaurant a few guest chemists exploded it's a catastrophe. visible signs of combat at the border cities russell lane and tell of turkish warplanes have targeted dams oil fields and power plants disrupting the electric grid and water supplies but kurdish forces are fighting tooth and nail a kurdish commander says they've been pushing back the turkish advance. of there was no violence past few days they've been trying to take a number of towns but we've given the bank each time ya know. most of the kurdish militia are now on the front lines leaving camps and prisons dangerously understaffed riots broke out at the whole camp home to some 70000 islamic state supporters some reportedly escaped as did 5 yes fighters from
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a jail near commission many locals are deciding to pack their belongings and flee the fighting some 70000 are already in the run from the combined threat of the turkish advance islamic state terror and food shortages. deja news turkey correspondent yulia head has been reporting on the military moves since they began she sent us this report from right next to the turkish border with syria. i'm about 5 kilometers away from the syrian border now let me show you something you can see there are many lights this is the turkish border town of jaylen pienaar now have a look at the other side you can see there as darkness this is where at some point the syrian border starts the town of wrestle einen northeast syria they have no electricity there right now the town used to have about 50000 inhabitants but most
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of them have reportedly escaped the area today turkey's defense ministry said that the turkish army and their allied forces have captured the town and we have seen video footage of them entering the industrial area. now the kaddish let s.t.'s forces say something very different they say no that's not true they have not taken that town we are still in control of it now there seem to be still clashes because we can hear shelling and we can hear gunfire so there's very conflicting information out there about what exactly is going on on the ground and turkey has reacted with defiance to criticism of its offensive in syria from other nato members in an exclusive interview with the turkish foreign minister. said ankara would not be deterred. this is a vital
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a matter for us of human it's a question of national security of survival whatever they do whether it's an arms embargo or something else it's only strengthens us what 15 years ago we produced only 20 percent of the goods we needed now it's over 70 percent with all of this only strengthens us. if i only took notice of whether someone wanted to impose an arms embargo or what someone else was saying and then did not destroy an imminent threat and i would face even bigger problems in the future and in fact case even if germany supplied us with more weapons this fight to be more difficult if not impossible even if our allies supported us terrorist organization even if we stand alone even if a impose an arms embargo it doesn't matter we are fighting a terrorist organization and we will not relent. to me and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. protesters in ecuador's capital quito
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have ransacked and set fire to a government building in new violence over a sturdy measures including a cut in fuel subsidies to try to quell the ongoing protests president led even more and has imposed a curfew in quito and forced by the army indigenous leaders had earlier agreed to a proposal for talks with the government to resolve the crisis. mexican military police have stopped a caravan of some 2000 migrants trying to reach the united states most were detained and then bussed back to the city of tampa chula near guatemala where they had set out from saturday morning. wildfires have forced 100000 people to evacuate their homes in southern california thanks to a slowing winds firefighters have beaten back blazes that have been burning on the edge of los angeles since thursday fire officials there predict more wildfires will
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break out in part due to climate change. typhoon haggis has made landfall and is pummeling wide areas of japan including tokyo the storm has already claimed 4 laws and at least 17 people are missing floods have submerged homes and rows and hundreds of thousands of residents have lost power. shibuya tokyo one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world and it's deserted. typhoon hit devious with winds of 225 kilometers an hour it's the biggest typhoon to hit japan in 6 decades. the are now your not or me thought now you've never yet experienced such intense rain and perceptor taishan. see we thought it's highly likely that we'll be seeing
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landslides in flooding in flood watch areas. so that. this is a level 5 warning you know that many people's lives could be at risk to. be able to go through this. but several people have died and hundreds of thousands have had to evacuate. for some the storm has destroyed their homes. and neighborhoods are flooded. and in towns and cities yet to be hit people are preparing for potential record setting debut she says. japan is currently hosting the rugby world cup and its followers but 2 matches have already been cancelled and controversially declared a draw is the 1st cancellation in the tournament's 3 decade history flights to and
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from tokyo's airports have also been canceled. japan gets on average about 20 touch foods every year but rarely do they hit tokyo and its metropolitan area so severely . kenyan runner. has become the 1st person to break the 2 hour barrier for the marathon he completed the specially designed course in vienna in a time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds but the feat won't count as an official world record because of certain strategies he used. approaching the finish line elliott could choke a new he was about to make history he likens breaking the 2 hour barrier to being the 1st man on the moon but forget one small step these were many fast ones. going 20 seconds and 2 hours i've had just among under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people not to know your mind is limited to it i'm expecting
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more of that in his interviews all of the wall. of the day this was no ordinary marathon. the end it was chosen because of favorable conditions the course specially designed and then there were the pacemakers $41.00 in total switching in announced a carefully choreographed a v. formation to protect it from the wind as if that wasn't enough a car beaming lasers helps keep the runners to time for these reasons the feat once officially ends for the record books purists call it nothing more than a publicity stunt a way for sponsors any also petrochemicals giants to cleanse its image through sports. but just try telling that to these fans in kenya they packed in front of giant screens to watch their hero realize a feat some had previously thought impossible. not to say. the positivity of
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sport. i wanted to make the sport a clean sport i had to max with an interest in sports all day month in this country around and look up burial in the morning. and look at the end of it on this floor look at this all of you. a critic says been short of positive news lately after yet more toping scandals official record for kenya in the sports in general sentiments and achievements are ones they will feel worth celebrating. and another big sporting achievement for. who has equal the gymnastics record by claiming her 23rd world championships medal the american gymnast is just 22 years old and drew level with a record holder vitaly share boy by winning the vault at the tournaments in stuttgart 17 of her 23 podium finishes have been gold medals. english and french troops clashed on saturday at this time it was
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a reenactment of the battle of hastings nearly a 1000 years after the original event a famous battle of $1066.00 pitted william of normandy against the anglo-saxon king harold and mark the beginning of the norman conquest of england. an ancient battlefield comes alive with the sound of steel against steel. hundreds just swords and shields to reenact a battle to find english history. it was the regional game of thrones facing off king harold and his saxon army against william the conqueror and his normans. the swords was swollen. a rose flew. and the body count grew. a lot of the exhilaration of kind of fighting in the balkans is very exciting very intense you
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don't think about anything else because although. only pretending to be in the battle there are still people waving a weapons around we believe that with your chin you ration could never do that again because they had to critical mentality to do that fish you have to figure out just crossing the channel like that. we've been equipment was not so modernized like we have now and conditions were very quite difficult and what we're after is incredible i mean. the climax of a battle king harold is cut down and slain. with his rival dad william sees this be english thriving but unlike nearly a millennium ago plays bested on the battlefield and live to reenact another day. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you. turkish box forces say they've
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taken control of roswell again a key border town in northeastern syria washington and paris are threatening to impose sanctions on the tanker on the offensive that's forced tens of thousands of people to flee the region to seek safety. you're watching t.v. news live from berlin unexpired sir up next this reporter with a look at bangkok's fire department busy catching dangerous snakes more than fighting slaves to get more news at dino's newcomb dot com as for watch. i think is everything challenging the 1st 100 a muslim. school much different culture between here and there challenging for
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